Hundreds of people banded together to pay tribute to a local Jewish girl who perished in a rock-climbing accident by dedicating a new wing at the preschool she served for several years in her memory.
The Zirkind family invites the entire community to an evening of inspiration and awareness, in memory of Rabbi Yitzchok Zirkind, OBM. The event will take place today, Wednesday at Beis Rivkah, 310 Crown St. at 8:00 PM. The event will be broadcast live via Torah Café.
Chaim Shimon Dubov (Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel) and Mussie Rothschild (Monsey, NY)
Miniature laundry detergent packets arrived on store shelves in recent months as an alternative to bulky bottles and messy spills. But doctors across the country say children are confusing the tiny, brightly colored packets with candy and swallowing them.
Menachem and Faigy (nee Schapiro) Schechter (Chicago, IL)
City officials are very concerned these days about sky rocketing crime; no, not the crimes that plague our neighborhood like shootings, muggings and break-ins – the city is busy with more important things: going after the poor chaps who scavenger recyclable garbage from the curbside. This epidemic of thievery has the city up in a tizzy because they make millions from the sale of our recyclable garbage, so they have taken to cracking down on these brazen criminals, and the New York Post is cheering them on.
The PTA of Lubavitcher Yeshiva arranged a fun afternoon show with the Twins from France for children in honor of Isru Chag.
Reb Michoel Dworkin was born shortly before the Tzemach Tzedek’s passing in 1866, in a small town in white Russia * Originally followers of the Mahari”l of Kopust and his son, the Dworkin family returned to Lubavitch and became followers of the Rebbe Rashab in 1900 * Reb Michoel was a successful businessman before the advent of communism, and was a ‘Ben Bayis’ of the Rebbe Rashab and the Previous Rebbe * He passed away on Erev Shavuos, 1949 in New York.
After a two-year legal battle and nearly a year of construction, an Orthodox Jewish group is about to open its $2.4 million synagogue and education building between two houses on Tacoma’s West End.
The Rabbinical College of Australia & New Zealand (YG) hosted a communal Kinus Torah on Tuesday, the eighth of Sivan (May 29, 2012). The Kinus was convened in conjunction with Shavuos, as per the Rebbe’s directive that a Kinus be held on, or immediately after, each Yom Tov.
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With sadness we inform you of the passing of devout chossid and generous Ba’al Tzedaka Rabbi Shmuel Isaac Popack, OBM, this past Friday night at the age of 93.
Michi Hayman (Sydney, Australia) and Chaya Lederman (Sydney, Australia)
Yisroel and Mushkie Silverstein (Monsey, NY)
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A massive fire broke out in a second floor of an apartment building on Carroll Street, just as families were sitting down for their Yom Tov meals. It took firefighters nearly a half hour to douse the intense blaze.
Their resumes are jammed packed with professional experience, but now they have a new spiritual experience to add to their credentials – a Shabbos in Crown Heights. Last weekend, more than 100 participants flocked to Crown Heights for a shabbaton geared towards young Jewish professionals, spearheaded by Tzach Lubavitch Youth Organization (LYO).
Mendy and Nechamy (nee Munitz) Rabin (Crown Heights)
